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Are you are someone who enjoys writing, reading and small-town living? Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

About this site…

Here I’ll introduce you on my books and tell about upcoming writing events. Also, as a cheerleader for a non-profit group in the southern Adirondacks of New York, I won’t be able to resist the temptation to tell you about neat events being organized there, so I hope you’ll check in from time to time, and see what’s in the wind. This page is still under construction, so feel free to contact me with questions and comments. What are friends for?

What’s up Next?

St. George Island Writers’ Retreat for WomenJanuary 6-13 and January 27 -February 3, 2019 Request the 2019 Registration form.

This retreat offers two fabulous sessions on beautiful St. George Island, Florida. Featuring the instruction, coaching, consulting (and a little guitar-picking) of author/editor/song writer Adrian Fogelin, this event began in 2007 and has been held annually since then. We grew from five women to eight, then eleven…and then it was time to start a second session to accommodate the blossoming interest.

We now rent a beach view home for the two week-long sessions, each
interspersing blocks of structured time (workshops, reading for feedback) and
unstructured time designed for uninterrupted writing, beach walking,
bike-riding, or maybe exploring island shops or the nearby town of
Apalachicola. Meals are prepared on site and are included with the lodging and
instruction. Works of fiction, poetry, and memoir have come to life here,
including my second novel and my current work in progress. It’s a time when
women give permission to themselves to be selfish with their time and not put
the next load of laundry ahead of the next chapter of their work. Friendships
have been forged, new publications celebrated and frustrations empathized with
in this safe place.